Sixty percent of rural Americans live in child care deserts — regions with too few licensed slots for children. In rural Illinois, that number rises to nearly 70%. Over the past decade, Illinois ...

An Illinois day care worker was busted on child endangerment charges for allegedly leaving a 4-year-old boy in her care in a ...

Richton Park resident Meagan Sims is working on her doctorate degree at Governor State University and helping people along ...

An Illinois family is outraged after a daycare employee put their four-year-old son in a garbage can after he refused to take ...

Marchand Illinois lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them. Child welfare experts have long touted the benefits of ...

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is currently accepting applications for the 2025 DCFS Scholarship Program. Through the program, a minimum of 53 academic scholarships wil ...

A couple is desperately searching for their daughter who disappeared from a group homes last month.Parents Plead for Help Finding Missing Ogden Teen, Highlight ...

Illinois’ child welfare agency has made small steps in improving how kids in its care are placed, but problems persist.

This week holds devastating anniversaries for three communities across Utah, each with a family shot and killed in domestic violence.